The Suzuki dealer in my hometown was a great guy, the other shops were less than friendly. I ended up working in the dealership and my first "Zook" was the 1989 GSX750FK Katana. 40,000 miles of joy.

After I sold the Katana, I found this 1986 GSXR1100 with only 3000 miles. It was immaculate and I loved every one of the 35,000 miles I rode with her.

Many years went by and I was living in Asia riding scooters etc. I finally got an opportunity to bring a bike into China and decided the DL650 V-Strom was the "do everything" bike I needed. It really is a fantastic motorcycle...a great balance of sport/touring/adventure... and the price was great too!

As much as I love the Wee-Strom, I needed something for the daily grind, so I decided to go with the QingQi QM250. QingQi is an official licensed partner with Suzuki in China. Take a DR200, slap in the TU250 engine and dress it up as a motard. I call it my "Suzuki with Chinese characteristics".

Fall is coming, workload lessening, more riding. Temps falling and ATGATT not so suffocating. Can't wait to get on it. I find this bike alot of fun to flick around. With the modifications, it does the hills and trails just fine.

This bike has been down 4 times at the track. Twice low-sided, once made it to the tire wall, and the last time took a 8 foot jump off of a cliff putting me in the hospital for 10 days and recovering for another 3 months. It's put back together for $1900 which included all new wheels, body work, rotors, odds and ends... Zukis are indestructible and get a bad rap for being cheap because they are priced lower than the other 3, which is fine. Its more zuki for us

had a katana 600 loved sold cause i needed the money, had a viatara go anywhere 4x4 just needed heavier tires.
now i own a 07 dr650 which i love. my next car will probably be the sx4 versatile machines at a working mans price love'm